The Devil's Billboard?

Recently, a church in Decatur, Texas put up a black advertising billboard near a well-traveled interstate junction;

on the billboard reads "I hate Victory Family Church" and it is signed 'Satan'; the church's website also appears on the billboard. Apparently since the billboard went up attendance is up and the church's website, according to Associate pastor Chris Bates, has had more than 1,100 hits. "That's huge for a small church like us," Bates said.
The moral of the story here seems to be chasing church attendance, which in modern christendom-ese means: More Money; to get more aggressive revenue flow, invoke the name of Satan. However, I doubt that the word 'hate' is in Satan's playbook. Being the father of lies, his billboard(s) would contain something more like (but not limited to) these worldly phrases, which conform to the Devil's plan for twisting Scripture:

"Church attendance gets you to heaven" (For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2:8-9)

"The way to God is the way to your church" (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6)

"Don't be so heavenly minded you're no earthly good...", (whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things." Phl 4:8, "Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life." - Heb 7:16)

"...I sent you two rowboats and a helicopter", (And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? - Mark 4:40)

"Jesus has a wonderful plan for your life: attend church and tithe regularly" (Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Mathew 23:23)

"What would Jesus Do?", (When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. - John 2:15)

"God helps those who help themselves." (I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. John 15:5)

"Don't beat people over the head with the Bible" (All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Tim 3:16-17, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Mat. 4:4

Satan generally doesn't not make his home outside the church, but attempts to spread his lies inside it. So, if your religious tradition is to attend a 2 hour ceremony on Sunday and such is the essence of your Christian walk, I am certain Satan does not 'hate' your apathetic efforts.

- Steven 06/27/2007

Filthy Communication

Recently, the Australian government, in an attempt to reduce speeding, has begun an ad campaign (prompted by the New South wales Road and Traffic Authority) depicting various women wiggling their little finger at men speeding by, apparently an indigenous taunting symbol of the men in question having small sexual organs. This is just one more sign of the obscenity-loving, whore-ish mentality of our modern culture.

"Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him." Isaiah 3:11

Steven - 6/26/2007

God is Found at the End of the Earth

This last weekend, I took my family to the very end of the Earth (what we might call the sea-shore) or the closest we can come to it without running into the Pacific Ocean. The broken shelf of earth jutted into the sea and the turbulent sea crashed back onto the earth, as if an epic battle had ensued betwixt the two since the time God created space, time and all other Creation. It reminded me of our walk with Christ: although there is always continual decay and struggle at the shoreline, and we watch the sea crash into the rocks with violence, the rocks are not overcome by the waves and they remain year after year.

"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth." Psalms 72:8
We know that our Lord Jesus has dominion over everything (Col. 1:16); God in His great mercy creates vapors from the sea which produce clouds that refresh the land with rain, that we may have water to quench our thrist amid the heat of the day. God has created beautiful trees to shade us from the bearing sun; as the wind moves the trees, they clap their hands in praise to our Lord.

"For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off." Isaiah 55: 12-13

Steven - 6/25/2007

Weight That Men Cannot Bear

Ah, another slice of modern ‘Christianity’ at its covetous finest... this time there’s big money to be made and lawsuits to be filed in an exercise of the flesh.

‘Christian’ clothing company Living Epistles Christian Apparel is suing two non-profit 'Christian' corporations in Roseville; they filed a lawsuit April 19 in U.S. District Court in Sacramento against Abundant Life World Outreach INC and against Lord's Gym INC. The lawsuit alleged that both companies were infringing on the copyright of a certain
image depicting Jesus working out by bench-pressing a heavy, wooden cross, as well as violating trademark law regarding the phrase "Lord's Gym".

Senior Pastor Doug Bird at Abundant Life Fellowship in Roseville says he founded Lord's Gym in 1986 "to move people closer to the Lord and to reach the lost at any cost.", according the organization's Website; The Lord's Gym Inc. apparently operates as a Christian ministry through fitness activities and recreational programs offered through the Abundant Life Fellowship church. There are eleven Lord's Gym centers scattered around California, Kentucky, Florida, Washington and Mexico. These centers purport to provide weight-training and fitness classes as well as counseling to young people and families, mostly in low-income areas. Both non-profit corporations use the Bench-Pressing Jesus artwork on organization Websites, also the Lord's Gym in Roseville has the image painted on the side of its 'outreach sports center' and gymnasium.

Living Epistles, however, created the Jesus-doing-pushups image and registered the artwork with the federal copyright office 1991, according to the lawsuit, and also states it has been using the words "Lord's Gym" on apparel since 1990. The lawsuit states that the Roseville non-profit corporations 'fraudulently' obtained a federal trademark registration for the words "Lord's Gym" in 2000. Besides trying to stop the two non-profits from using the contended artwork and trademark, Living Epistles is suing for $75,000; that seems rather modest until you take into account Federal Trademark law: if they win their case, that judgment amount is automatically tripled.

Living Epistles Christian Apparel is a for-profit company, selling 'Christian'-themed T- shirt and other items to churches, mission groups, various ministries, religious-based organizations and bookstores. According to Living Epistles website the Jesus-doing-pushups T-shirt is "The Most Powerful Witnessing Shirt of all time", and the current 'bestseller'. I guess the Epistles folks forgot to read the whole New Testament, one part of which states that the Gospel is the power of God (Rom1:16); they also must have missed the memo from Paul which says “bodily exercise profits little” (1 Timothy 4:8). The verse goes on to say that “godliness is profitable unto all things”.

The image in contention here depicts our Lord and Savior doing push-ups with the cross, the instrument of his death; making profit off such is egregious, out of line, and should be condemned, marked and dispelled by the Christian community for turning the atoning work of Christ into gain.

These men whom make profit off the Gospel should be ashamed but instead they self- righteously sue one another claiming some kind of injury, when the Scriptures clearly condemn Christians going to the world to seek judgments on other Brethren. “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?... I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.” 1 Corinthians 6:1-6

Steven - 06/19/2007

Preaching at the Isleton Crawdad Festival

This weekend we went down to a little, backwater Delta town here in the Sacramento Valley named

Ilseton, right on the river. This town was having it's annual Crawdad Festival, a rather popular event drawing crowds of about 50,000 people each year. We passed out stacks of Gospel tracts and talked with several people. The crowds were fairly responsive, mostly made up of bikers, and blue-collar folk milling about; it was a small-town version of New Orleans with a roughneck twist.

We met several people whom shrugged, smiled and hazarded they were already Christians, as they walked towards the worldly festivities; one responded to me "Oh, I don't need that. I'm a pastor." I responded: "Don't be ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; Give it to someone else then who might need it." His wife was offended at that and walked off in a huff back to the party, her husband obediently following her lead.

A few of us went to use the restroom facilities up the block, but were unable to do so as one of the indigenous potheads had locked himself inside to enjoy a joint. However, we did notice a group of people nearby from the Lord's Gym, dressed like thugs in a Biker Gang. They were passing out little business card-sized flyers advertising their gym in Roseville. I suppose the aim is to 'sweat and pump iron for Jesus', which in their mind flexing one's muscles, perspiring in spandex 'really furthers the Kingdom'. (Oh, by the way... these 'passes' are good for a gym which is located about 120 miles away from Isleton. More about the Lord's Gym's Legal Woes in tomorrow's blog.)

Nevertheless, we preached the Gospel and sowed the seeds. With every tract the people made a decision, either to know more about the Savior, or to toss the tract to the ground and harden their heart against God.

Steven - 6/18/2007

Preaching the Gospel: Where to Begin

The best way to begin preaching the Gospel is in the city or town you live in. If you cannot be faithful to consistently preach the Gospel where you live, how will you be faithful to do so in other places? "And that

repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." Luke 24:47

Jesus uses the terms "repentance and remission of sins"; this is the staple and main course of preaching the Gospel. We should always preach repentance and the forgiveness of sins.

One way to present the Gospel is to have something your hand to give to someone else; people respond more when they are given something. However, this gift should clearly communicate the reason you are out there, not misleading the interested party down another road away from the Gospel. The most effective gift is Gospel literature that is very clear and concise, boldly proclaiming the Gospel: repentance and remission of sins.

When you go out, before you walk out the door check your motives before the Lord. Why are you going out to preach? Are you going out thinking you'll get something from this? Are you going out to please man? Are you going out for a reason other than the love of God's word?

Over the years I have seen a large number of Brethren come out with us and preach for a time, but they dwindle away, for their motives often led them off the track and away from the Gospel. Some time ago I had a Brother tell me that the only reason he came to preach with me was for my sake. Such is one of the many wrong motives to go out and preach the Gospel. Go out because the Spirit is leading you, that you are charged to go preach and are being obedient to that charge, regardless of the consequences.

When you finally go out to preach the Gospel, and you encounter lulls in the people walking up to you, pray; do not let you mind be idle and keep in prayer and supplications, or in hymns. remember, you are out there representing the Lord Jesus Christ, and it does not matter what any man may say, as long as you are properly communicating the Gospel, stick with it and fear not.

I generally recommend that you find at least one other Brother to go out with you, but there are times, as happened to the apostle Paul, when no one when will stand with you and will abandon the preaching of the Gospel, because their minds are set on the pursuit of pleasure verses Godliness. Such people may put more priority on their wives or children, or simply the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life, which we all fight and should fiercely so that such fleshly behavior does not lead us away from the charge to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To continue in said fleshly behaviors will lead you away from preaching the Gospel and will eventually lead to a ship-wrecked faith. Be on guard; do not let your wives, children, worldly pleasure or the fear of man drive you from preaching the Gospel, but be resolute that you have been charged by God to preach His Gospel and fulfill that charge. Paul the Apostle charged Timothy to do the work of an evangelist. (2 Timothy 4:1-5)

"After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come." Luke 10:1

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen." Matthew 28:19-20

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." Mark 15:16

You can find low-cost or free Gospel tracts here at Grace & Truth Website. (If you have the money, please do not rob the poorer brethren of free tracts and pay double or triple for them if you are able. If you get tracts, it is you responsibility to get them out in circulation, or give them to someone whom will be obedient to the calling. Do not let this precious information sit on a shelf.)

Steven - 6/15/2007

Ministry & Independent Earnings

Those of us whom do not get paid via Christian ministry have to make a living in the world. There is always a toss between working too hard on the business and it interfering with the ministry we do. Before I go on, let me say I applaud anyone whom has the fortitude and obedience to serve in the ministry and yet have chosen to make an independent living. In this covetous age, here in America, I believe it is a greater blessing to make a living apart from those whom siphon off money from the modern church. Such independant-earning ministers are thus free of the financial pressure to placate those whom would allow sin in the church; many ministers today are burdened with the unsaid responsibility to collect as much money as possible from those whom live contrary to the Bible. These have a tough time pointing out sin when they have to take a check from the very people they warn.

However, we whom have to make an independent living apart from our ministries have other difficulties, such as simply trying to stay spiritually minded when engaged in business with the world. We have to force ourselves to be extra vigilant that we not be overtaken or consumed with greed and covetousness, or compromise our Christian walk and faith. Yet, we often appear as servants to another master 40 hours a week, unless you are self-employed; so, for us the challenge is to keep our mind on Christ, that even though we work for an ungrateful master, it is really Christ we serve and it is Him we that we are working for.

Regardless of what opposition comes against us, whether on the job or off, we are the servants of the Lord and are responsible to Him. "Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand."

Steven - 6/14/2007

Effective Ministry - Part Thirteen: (B5) Seeking Humility

"Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you

double‑minded." James 4:8

The Lord is always near to those whom are in Christ. We have but to call on His name, with our heart being one of contrition, realizing our position as finite beings: corrupted by sin at birth, deserving Hell and to be thrown into the lake of Fire, but yet, through Jesus Christ, we are granted eternal life in the Kingdom of God. Where wrath was justified, Mercy was given.

So, when we come to God, our hands are washed clean, and our hearts purified through His wonderful works and His Word. And, being inpsired by the Spirit we repent and obey. Thusly, we resist the Devil and he flees.
"Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." James 4:9-10

Many times God does His best work in us in our greatest pain, as if God speaks the loudest when we are hurting the most. Much grief can be equated with God's blaring voice, that we may hear and obey and be comforted, and find hope and peace. This is contrary to the Devil, whom does his best work when we are comfortable, whispering in our ear to take our pleasures while we can. Knowing this, we must always be on guard, but especially when things are going well for us.

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" 1 Peter 5:8

The devil does not seek humiliy, but seeks to be immediately lifted up, and likewise those whom follow the neemy and his lies seek not to be humble, but seeks to keep men down, weighed by their sins.

As Christians, when the time is right, either on our death or when the Lord returns, we shall be lifted up from our flesh and made new; while we wait, the Lord will lift up our countenance and will avenge us to our enemies, for the Lord promises: "vengenace is mine; I will recompense."

Steven 6/13/2007

Effective Minstry - Part Thirteen: (B4) Resist the Devil

"But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6

To the rigtheous, those of us whom live righteouss because we walk obedienctly to Christ becuase of His power and Spirit, He show grace; where sin abounds Grace abouds all the more. When we sin, we have an advocate with the Father on our behalf, to whom we can go, confess our sins and be forgiven. And, dare I propose, I do not believe the Lord is concerned with the amount of sin that one may commit, but of our attitude of repentance and our heart's condition, with one possible exception of the sins mentioned in 1 Corinithians 6:9-10, which are describe people committing certain sins and continuously, that such will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

For as the Scriptures say, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7

When we feel the breath of the Devilish beast upon our neck, and perceive his readiness to maim us and kill us, and fear begins to take hold of our heart, let us trust in Christ, knowing that we are His and the Devil is under the control of God, Himself; God will not allow one hair of our head to be harmed if He so desires. When we feel the temptations or the flaming darts fo the Decvil, let us stand our ground with the sheild of faith, the helmet of salvation, the breatplate of righteouness and oppose the enemy with the sword of Truth.

Steven - 6/11/2007

Effective Ministry - Part Thirteen: (B3) Obedience, the Antidote to the Devil's Infection

"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?" James 4:1

Ongoing quarrels and fights show the motivation of one's heart, that one is lusting after the things of this earth. James does not waste time in trying to mediate a quarrel, telling two parties to 'come to a common ground'; he simply tells them that they possess wicked desires and thus is the reason they are fighting among themselves. In other words, in this particular case both parties are guilty because the longing for worldly pleasure is more important than their love for The Church.

James does not rebuke Brethren here for debating Scripture, but talks of those whom are covetous and full of lusts.

"You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God." James 4:2

James elaborates a little more on his point, going so far as to say they have killed; this may be literal or figurative to the doctrine that John laid out, inspired by the Spirit of God: "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." 1 John 3:15.

One of the key components of disobedience, and that empowered by Satan, is one whom says he is in Christ but hates the Brother that he claims to love. By hatred of the Brethren through envy and strife the Devil tries to divide the Body of Christ.

"When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures." James 4:3

These covetous men are consumed by their pleasures and think on them day and night; when they approach the Lord, they do so with only their pleasures in mind. With long, extended and eloquent prayers, they go on and on, asking for things which are amiss. Instead of being obedient, they become tools of Satan, to waste time and distract the true saints away from seeking the Lord.

"You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." James 4:4

These people are adulterous in their hearts towards God, claiming to be the Bride of Christ and yet being a whore, having all the outward attributes of a chaste virgin. If that wasn't good enough, with spoiled doctrines they have bedecked others with many heavy jewels and metals, but such have becomes burdens that they themselves cannot bear. Jude describes them like cloud with no rain, as if one is in the desert with a tremendous thirst and hoping for just a drop of water to fall on you that you may be refreshed; yet the cloud merely teases you with it's appearance, and gives no comfort, and save the Lord intervene, you are left to rot. Because of their disobedience, these people become agents for the Devil and his schemes.

This verse states that we, as Christians, cannot be friends with the world. Such a friendship will compromise our walk with Christ. James refers to more than just having friends within the world, but speaking of the entire ideology of the world, that we are to be separate from it. When the world views us by our neighbors and by our co-workers, that they see we are different and set apart, that we have not partaken of their ideology and devilish pleasure, but abhor such things. Clearly, this remands Christians from making friends with the world in order to 'witness'; such 'friendship evangelism' is cowardly, dishonest and corrupt and is completely disobedient to the Scriptures.

"Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?" James 4:5

God, in His infinite love for the Church and his people, is one whom is possessive and jealous. So much so that He saw the sins of the world and sent His only begotten son to bear our sin upon the Cross. "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ." 2 Cr. 11:2

God will not share us with anyone else; we are His bride and we have been perfected through the atoning work of Christ and empowered by His Spirit, to walk obediently; the Devil because of his intense hatred and evil jealously of us, does his best to stumble us by introducing 'new and improved', hip bridegrooms. The enemy entices with gifts and betrothal rings, which are nothing more than lifeless idols.

The true Bride, however stays chaste, like the wise virgins making certain the lamps are full of oil and ready. When the foolish, disobedient, Satanically-inspired virgins come and beg oil of us, for they were not ready, we must refuse them... lest we denied by our Lord.

Steven - 6/08/2007

Effective Ministry - Part 13: (B2) Hungering After God's Word

"And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither

did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live." Deuteronomy 8:3

It is God whom allows us to become hungry, that we may depend on Him for all our sustinance. God, through His Word, has broken us and made us new through His redeeming work; as spiritual Israelites, we have only to go look for the manna that He has provided for us through His word. There is not a single, healthy baby that comes into this world not hungry for food. Likewise, all true believers hunger for God's word. All false believers do not.
As Christians, we always have our flesh to deal with, and this is where the Devil does his work: he begins to tempt us with other things, speaking into our ear that there is more to life than God's Word. This is what befell Israel as they wandered the desert, eating God's provisions of manna in the morning and quail at night. However, the people wanted the fish of the Nile, the melons, onions and cucumbers of Egypt, saying "we have only this manna on the ground". God's wrath was kindled against them, and made them eat flesh for thirty days, and brought a plague upon them even as the food was in their mouths; His wrath came upon them because they desired food from a source other than God. (Numbers 11)

God cares today for His people, the Church, as much as He did then; but, when we desire sources of spiritual nourishment, other than God's Word, His wrath is kindled against us. A hunger for God's Word is essential to effective ministry, of which the Lord's annointing comes upon you and obedience follows by faith. Thus is how we effectively extinguish the flaming arrows of the Devil

Steven - 6/07/2007

Effective Ministry - Part 13: (B1) Rebuking the Devil

Matthew 4: Jesus, Himself, was tempted by the Devil with the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of

life. In verse 4, Jesus answers the Devil out of his own words from Deuteronomy, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

This is the first time we see Jesus dealing with the Devil; by rebuking the enemy with The Word, He lays down the very doctrine in how we, as Christians doing effective ministry, are to deal with the Devil and his minions. Bread alone will not defeat the Devil; we must use the words of the One and Living God. Like Israel before they received manna from heaven, the Lord allows us to be hungry, that we may partake of the Bread of Life, and we defeat the enemy by faith and God's Word.

Jesus, in the face of temptation, rebukes the Devil with God's word and God's word alone, laying down a pattern for us on how we are to rebuke the scheme of the father of lies, by faith and God's word.
"And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live." Deuteronomy 8:3

Steven - 6/06/2007

Effective Ministry - Part 13: The Devil's Role (A)

A solider does not go into battle without knowing his enemy, nor does he plan a mission without intel on the

enemy's movements and position; as Christians, we should not think ourselves to be so wise and not know, or be concerned with the evil workings of the Devil and his minions. "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]." Ephesians 6:12

I suspect most modern, professing Christians, when reading this passage of Scripture, do not get far past the words: "We wrestle not...". In fact, most of modern Christians may have 20 Spiritual swords (Bibles) in their homes with which to fight the enemy, but have not learned the skill and artistry to wield them. This is one of the chief goals of the Devil within modern Christendom: to foster a weak, inept church ruled by their own flesh.
We, however, whom are Christians understand there is always a spiritual dynamic when we take up our cross and follow Christ.

The Devil works within the realms of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life; these are areas as Christians that we must be super-sensitive towards the Spirit in, when we feel we are being tempted. "For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." 1 John 2:16-17

The Devil is the king of fear, and preys on our weaknesses and sins. The devil is a murderer, a liar and the father of all lies. "Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." John 8:44

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" 1 Peter 5:8

Steven - 06/05/2007

Gospel-Preaching Opportunity

We'll be passing out tracts by the Main Gate of the California State Fair in Sacramento, CA from August 31st through September 3rd. We could use as many people as possible; please let us know if you can make it. We'll be manning the Information Gospel booth throughout the day in shifts, passing out tracts, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and fellowshipping with Brethren. If you'd like to come out with us you can Contact Steven here (916) 224-7090 or via email here.

Read recap of Effective Ministry Series here.

Steven - 6/01/2007